[6]. Opium and beer, effeminacy and tears, are usually enemies to energy, and ought to be especially odious to you, dear Ellen.
[7]. Oh! Emily, benign and effeminate, before you extenuate any excess, see a wise Deity.
[8]. Our own caprice is more extravagant than the caprice of fortune.
[9]. FIVE.—V.
[10]. Cicero’s orations are superior to any orations of other Roman orators extant.
[11]. Cow.
[12]. Mandate.
[13]. Civil.
[14]. II (Two I’s.—H. A. X. V.)
[15]. In every land and clime I may be found.
In air, in water, also under ground;
Of various sorts I am, and various hues,
Of various kinds of brown, and various blues;
I’m sometimes black or gray, and sometimes red:
You’ll surely find me out from what I’ve said.
One other hint to aid you in your guess:
Without me beauty’s self were valueless. (The eye.)